root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] | axiom could be so much faster if we got the gcl_collectfn mechanism | fully re-implemented. the lisp type optimization code can eliminate | hundreds of intructions per function call and axiom lives and breathes | by function calling. however to fully take advantage of that you | either need to do multiple passes or cache the type information | from previous builds. Notice that bootsys could (and should) be augmented to generate the proclaim type information at the same time as it is translating from Boot to Lisp. [...] | second, only developers care about build time. Developer time is precious. Especially, when you have only a few of them. | the end user should | never see it (or maybe see it once). i'd rather spend a whole day | doing a build and get a highly optimized algebra system than spend | 1 hour and get a slow algebra system. and that's saying a lot because | all i ever do is build and rebuild the damn thing. You can chose the trade you want. I want fast alegbra *and* fast build. Fast build means I can try and iterate patches and ideas several times in a day. -- Gaby _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
